Conversations Between Entomologists and Plant Pathologists: Joining Forces to Control Pathogens

Organizer(s)

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  Berenice Romero (she/her/hers)

  Postdoctoral researcher
  AgCenter
  Louisiana State University
  Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• JD

  Jeffrey Davis

  AgCenter
  Louisiana State University
  Baton Rouge, Louisiana

How do thrips, aphids, and leafhoppers affect crop systems in North America? Can the pathogens they carry be easily identified and studied? Join this enthusiastic group of entomologists and plant pathologists to find some answers to these questions and learn about new approaches to working with plant-insect-pathogen interactions.

Presentations:

• 9:30 AM - 9:40 AM Pacific

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Berenice Romero (she/her/hers) – Louisiana State University
• 9:40 AM - 9:55 AM Pacific

  Beet leafhopper-transmitted Spiroplasma citri and 'Candidatus Phytoplasma trifolii' in Cannabis sativa: Insights on detection and management
  

  Presenting Author: Hannah Rivedal – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Kenneth Frost – Oregon State University

  Co-Author: Cynthia Ocamb – Oregon State Universit
• 9:55 AM - 10:10 AM Pacific

  Bactericera maculipennis is a vector of "Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum" to field bindweed
  

  Presenting Author: Rodney Cooper – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Bonnie Ohler – University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 10:10 AM - 10:25 AM Pacific

  Identifying factors influencing the dynamics of a phytoplasma disease in Western Canada
  

  Presenting Author: Berenice Romero (she/her/hers) – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Sean Prager – University of Saskatchewan
• 10:25 AM - 10:40 AM Pacific

  Dissecting the molecular interactions between maize mosaic virus and the corn planthopper, Peregrinus maidis
  

  Presenting Author: Anna Whitfield – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Cesar Xavier – North Carolina State University
• 10:40 AM - 10:55 AM Pacific

  Using an interdisciplinary approach to understand dynamics of pollen-borne viruses in peach orchards
  

  Presenting Author: Mandeep Tayal (he/him/his) – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Elizabeth J. Cieniewicz (she/her/hers) – Clemson University
• 10:55 AM - 11:10 AM Pacific

  Break
• 11:10 AM - 11:25 AM Pacific

  Bemisia tabaci proteins modulate interactions with plant infecting single stranded DNA viruses
  

  Presenting Author: Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan (he/him/his) – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Saptarshi Ghosh – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Murad Ghanim – Agricultural Research Organization
• 11:25 AM - 11:40 AM Pacific

  A multi-omics informed investigation of Frankliniella occidentalis-specific molecular factors underlying its transmission of tomato spotted wilt virus
  

  Presenting Author: Lucas De Oliviera – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Jinlong Han – Colorado State University

  Co-Author: Karen B. Alviar – University of the Philippines Los Baños

  Co-Author: Hao Teh – University Of Florida

  Co-Author: Anna Whitfield – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Dorith Rotenberg – North Carolina State University
• 11:40 AM - 11:55 AM Pacific

  Cracking the code of chaos: Thrips, TSWV, and the integrated fight back
  

  Presenting Author: Kiran Gadhave – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Arinder Arora – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Surender Kumar – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Rahul Mohan Singh – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Udvashika Puri – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Senthilraja Chinnaiah – Middle Tennessee State University
• 11:55 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific

  Discussion
• 12:20 PM - 12:30 PM Pacific

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Berenice Romero (she/her/hers) – Louisiana State University